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How to Interpret the House-Tree-Person Test (15 Steps) Art Therapy: Sharing Directives: Emotions Color Wheel. Emotions Color Wheel An Art Therapy Directive Description: This activity is good to break the ice with any client.

Art Therapy: Sharing Directives: Emotions Color Wheel

It is also an easy “check-in” to find out how the client is feeling and the issues he/she is dealing with at this time in his/her life. After creating a pie chart with 8 sections, the client gets to choose 8 emotions and then color in the pie pieces. Materials: Colored Pencils or Markers and a White Piece of Paper. Instructions: First – Start with a piece of white paper and draw a circle filling the page. Second – Draw a line straight down the center of the circle, then draw a line down the center, criss-crossing the first line. Third – Ask the client, “What are 8 emotions that you would like to put in each pie on the wheel?” Fourth – Ask the client to now fill in each pie with a corresponding color or picture that matches his/her idea of what the emotion means to him/her. Counseling Data 2014-2015. CBT Worksheets & Self-Help. Therapy Worksheets, Tools, and Handouts. Lessons. “Intelligence is not enough.

Lessons

Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Social and Emotional Learning is critical to success in school and the workplace, and to sustaining healthy relationships. Social Skills are lessons and strategies that help a person learn how to interact with others. School Counseling by Heart. In my previous post, I outlined how I used a comprehensive counseling approach to address a first grade bullying situation through classroom teaching, small groups, and individual counseling.

School Counseling by Heart

(Read about it here.) In this and upcoming posts, I’ll share the lessons from the new first grade bullying unit I developed. (Related ASCA standards are listed at the end of this post.) ASCA National Model School Counseling Program Handbook - peterson_program_handbook.pdf. SS 6-8 ASCA.pdf. "Paws" for Career Exploration. This month we are focusing on Careers at our school.

"Paws" for Career Exploration

At the elementary level we help children become aware of the many opportunities in their future. So to allow the children to explore what they like and not just what I can talk about in one lesson, I take the children to the computer lab and give them the opportunity research their interests and careers that may interest them. Our Computer teachers are so helpful! "Paws" for Career Exploration. Handy Forms for Counselors. These awesome counseling forms can be found and downloaded from a wonderful school counselor's webpage called Elementary School Counseling.

Handy Forms for Counselors

I used these forms this past year to help me stay organized and to help me keep track of all my meetings, phone calls, things I needed to do and students I needed to see for individual counseling sessions, and I would highly recommend them for your school counseling binder. Another great BlogSpot that has FREE resources and forms for counselors is The Not So Wimpy Teachers Manual. My favorite one is the Communication Log form that I've attached below. Handy Forms for Counselors. Resources for Therapists. Please enjoy the following resource links which are provided as a service to the professional community.

Resources for Therapists

Please be aware that any and all information, opinions, and viewpoints expressed on other websites are the sole responsibility of those websites, and do not represent GoodTherapy.org. GoodTherapy.org is not responsible for the content found on external websites. Association Code of Ethics and Ethics Resources The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy is a professional association setting standards for ethical practices in the field of marriage and family therapy.

The interests of over 50,000 professional marriage and family therapists in the United States, Canada and throughout the world are represented. The American Psychological Association Ethics Code is a guide for psychologists, setting standards of professional conduct by those organizations, including the APA, who wish to adopt them. Qualities & Characteristics of Guidance Counselors.

The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal. Susan D.

The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal

Bates, Currituck County High School and Centura College Introduction. School Counselor Job Overview. Number of Jobs Median Salary Unemployment Rate 7.1 percent Don’t let one of the 237,480 professionals currently working in this vocation hear you utter the term “guidance counselor.”

School Counselor Job Overview

Apparently, that would be so 1980. By the year 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects a 11.9 percent increase in employment for educational, guidance, school and vocational counselors, which translates to an impressive 31,200 new jobs. The Labor Department reports that school counselors brought home a median salary of $53,610 last year. Training. The Middle School Counselor: Using Apps To Help Promote Your School Counseling Program.

I have been asked what are my favorite apps to use, and I have often shared that I love the app fotovidia.

The Middle School Counselor: Using Apps To Help Promote Your School Counseling Program

Fotovidia is a great app to help build a slideshow. Not only is it incredibly easy, but it takes little time to put together a slideshow. Kids love looking at themselves, and I use this all the time to put together little "movies" of the kids working on their projects. It is a great way to document the year, as well as, to show stakeholders what you do in your counseling program. How to Use Your School Counselor. Page Content School counselors are one of the best ongoing sources of support for students who plan to go to college.

How to Use Your School Counselor

They can provide guidance and support throughout the entire process. If you are lucky enough to have access to a counselor in your school, it is in your best interest to visit that person on a regular basis. Start by making an individual appointment to introduce yourself to your counselor. If small-group college counseling or information sessions are offered, sign up. What is a School Counseling Program? School Counseling Program » What is a School Counseling Program? A school counseling program reaches EVERY student and focuses on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for an individual's successful academic achievement, career development, and personal & social growth.

A counselor's time is spent maximizing the benefits of a program that serves ALL students. Roosevelt Elementary School’s Comprehensive School Counseling Program MISSION: Microsoft Word - SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICES.docx - SCHOOLCOUNSELINGSERVICES.pdf. Today’s School Counselor - ASCA School Counselor. As the ASCA National Model® continues taking hold throughout the country, principals and superintendents are realizing the importance of hiring school counselors trained in and with experience implementing a comprehensive school counseling program based on the ASCA National Model.

MT School Counseling Program Model - Executive Summary. School counseling programs are collaborative efforts benefiting students, parents, teachers, administrators and the overall community. The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal. Continuing Education Requirements for National Certified Counselors (NCCs) Continuing Education Requirements for NCC Recertification The continuing education (CE) requirement for NCCs is 100 continuing education clock hours in each (five year) certification cycle. One CE clock hour is defined as 50-60 minutes of time during which you are in contact with the learning event or instrument.

Be careful not to confuse CEUs and all other types of CE credit. The term CEU is often misused. Understanding and Managing Social Anxiety & Social Phobia: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach - Erwin_400.pdf. Young-peoples-booklet.pdf. Aptos High School: 1 - What do I do to establish and communicate learning goals, tracking student progress, and celebrate success. Higher order questions encourages higher order thinking - HOTS_questions based on Blooms.pdf. » Blog Archive » How I Celebrated My Birthday (aka 38 Random Acts of Robyn) ***Due to the awesome, unexpected response since I originally posted this, I have started The Birthday Project. The website is www.thebdayproject.com and we have started a great community of amazing like-minded people on Facebook too (please jump over to “Like” it and say “HI!”.)

Thanks! *** I mentioned a couple of weeks ago my birthday wish was to complete one Random Act of Kindness for every year of my life thus far, as well as asking friends, readers, Facebook fans and fellow Twitter-ers to each perform one Random Act of Kindness and to let me know about it throughout the day. I planned out 38 things ahead of time just in case, but really was praying for opportunities to present themselves throughout the day. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Extraordinary School Counselor. Top 100 Counseling Resources on the Web : Masters in Counseling Information Guide. FREE. If you don't know Pat, Vivian, Jennifer, April or Dominque...then where have you been???? These dynamic women make up the National Office of School Counselor Advocacy - a part of the CollegeBoards's Advocacy and Policy Office. The Counseling Geek. I (Heart) School Counseling.